Ben Affleck admits his latch-key childhood wouldn’t be possible today

Ben Affleck is getting candid about the way he grew up During a latest appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live the -year-old Gone Girl star informed the host about the freedom he had as a child and how the way he was raised by his parents would be looked down upon nowadays I was thinking about it the other day I would go to the movies I was an actual latch-key kid I walked to school he explained Like from the first grade I had a key with a piece of yarn around my neck and I went to school and we demanded to see the movies I remember seeing Star Wars Took the subway like three stops must have seen it times When urged by host Jimmy Kimmel how old he was when he began traveling through the city on his own Affleck admitted he was as young as five six or seven years old BEN AFFLECK ROASTS MATT DAMON FOR RIPPING HIS SHIRT OFF TO SHOW FIT PHYSIQUE As a parent to three children Violet Seraphina and Samuel who he shares with his ex-wife Jennifer Garner Affleck understands that if you did that in West LA now they would call child protective services like This man has to be imprisoned So either my parents were very derelict or it was a different era Or both he explained I remember coming home from school like when my dad still lived there and him just being there He didn't have a job he had nowhere to go he just didn't want to walk me to school He just couldn't be bothered Affleck appeared on the show to promote his latest movie The Accountant which is the highly anticipated sequel to his fruitful action thriller The Accountant In the film he portrays a man on the autism spectrum who reconnects with his brother after eight years to track down assassins In the new movie Affleck's character tries to make a romantic connection and in one scene begins line dancing to connect with a woman In a modern interview on The Kelly Clarkson Show Affleck explained that multiple instructors were hired to give him dance lessons After mentioning this Clarkson interrupted to poke fun at his need for more than one educator to learn to which Affleck joked I did not need multiple instructors I arrived at the rehearsal and there was two women there and the director had been calling me every day saying You practicing the dancing You practicing the dancing I thought How uncoordinated do you think I am Although Affleck brought his three children to the premiere of the movie he admitted that they don t censor their criticism when it comes to his work saying they are very tough on him LIKE WHAT YOU RE READING CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS They ll sit right next to me watching a movie and while it s happening say 'This is terrible I mean this is terrible Why did you do this ' he explained The actor made headlines last month when he denied his son the purchase of sneakers In a TikTok video taken at a shoe convention Samuel could be seen asking his dad for the shoes and upon seeing the hefty price tag Affleck stated his son That's a lot of lawns you gotta mow there During a latest appearance on Nowadays with Jenna Friends Affleck elaborated on the happening explaining that it's central to him that his children understand the value of working hard He shared that his older children both have the kind of classic teenager jobs You love your kids You want to give them everything and do everything for them but I think you definitely do them a disservice by not connecting if you want something that you want you have to work for that he commented CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTERAs for his son the Good Will Hunting star declared he is reckoning with that reality right now and has no crazy-expensive fancy shoes in his closet And I'm like Well if you want that you can work hours he reported on the morning show You know what I mean Minimum wage And once you work hours you may not want to spend that on a pair of shoes The lesson in working hard also applies to sports with Affleck sharing that he isn't the kind of parent who lets their children win when it comes to playing games against them While on The Kelly Clarkson Show Affleck shared how growing up with Matt Damon and seeing his dynamic with his father inspired him to make his children earn their wins I notified my son when he was really getting serious about playing basketball he yearned to play me all the time and I was like I m not gonna let you win ' he explained Kind of 'cause I remembered Matt Damon's dad he didn't let him win and when Matt in the end beat his dad I still think it's one of the best days of Matt's life He never forgot it I didn't expect it to happen that quick We were playing and he kind of got lucky I'm not gonna lie he managed to hit like five threes real quick at the end of the battle he beats me and I can see it meant the world to him he continued What I didn't expect was how much it would mean to me I was like damn it I did not like it I'm like I'm not ready to be losing to my son